Legal 500, independent credential body for recommending international law firms have recommended Hathi & Partners for Shipping, Projects, Dispute resolution, Corporate/M&A, Banking and finance for the year 2007-08 and have consistently ranked Shrikant Hathi as ‘Leading individual’ for shipping work in India.

Legal 500 have recommended and have commented Hathi & Partners for Shipping, Projects, Dispute resolution, Corporate/ M&A work that ‘Hathi & Partners is a dominant force within the Indian admiralty, maritime and shipping market. The firm is especially noted for its experience in ship arrests and releases, not to mention P&I settlements, shipping finance, acquisitions and maritime arbitration’ ‘Hathi & Partners has a keen focus on projects work within the oil, gas, power and construction sectors, inclusive of the project finance, JV agreements and disputes sides to transactions.’ ‘Hathi & Partners handles complex arbitration matters, ADR and litigation claims at all domestic levels with a particular focus on the shipping and energy industries.’. ‘Hathi & Partners has longstanding experience within the energy sector and offers solid expertise in M&A, JVs, licensing, divestiture structuring and development agreements’. ‘Hathi & Partners advises on syndication and loan arrangements, facility letters, shipping and project finance, and security documentation.’

Legal500 team of researchers speaks to thousands of law firm commercial clients and recommendations are based largely on what those clients tell. In addition, they also get the opinions of thousands of rival commercial lawyers, they also acquire much confidential information the client lists and the transactions/deals we have been involved in.

Shrikant Hathi is also recommeded by Lloyds List for martime, shipping and admiralty work.

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HATHI & PARTNERS, is a partnership firm organised and registered in Mumbai, under the Indian Partnership Act. The firm is also registered with the Bombay High Court as Advocates & Solicitors and with the Bombay Incorporated Law Society as Solicitors. All partners are registered on the rolls of their respective Bar Councils to practice law while some partners are advocates on record on the rolls of the Supreme Court of India. HATHI & PARTNERS is also registered with the Income Tax department having its Pan and Tan number. HATHI & PARTNERS is an independent, full service law firm established under the laws of India accepting work from all overseas law firms, corporates, government bodies etc and all those seeking assistance from our law firm. Our aim is to provide consistently high quality advice understanding of the commercial environment in which our clients operate. We offer in-depth local knowledge and a uniquely global perspective.

The firm is structured around nine practice areas:

• Admiralty, Maritime & Shipping
• Corporate, Commercial & Contracts
• Arbitration & Litigation (Dispute Resolution)
• Projects (Oil & Gas; Infrastructure; Mining; Energy; Telecommunication)
• Entertainment, Media & Information Technology
• Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

Each area comprises industry-focused teams dedicated to delivering incisive advice.

The Asia Pacific Legal 500 has consistently ranked Shrikant Hathi as a 'Leading Individual' for shippingmatters in India. The Asia Pacific Legal 500 has recommended our law firm for Shipping, Dispute Resolution; Projects and energy.